Shocker attachment for binders.



G. LBAK.

SHOOKER ATTACHMENT FOR B INDERS APPLICATION FILED MAR. f3, 1913.

Patented Nov. w, 3.9M

LIHAQL 7 SHEBTSWSHBBT.

C. LEAK.

SHOCKBR ATTACHMENT EUR BINDERS.

APYLIGATION FILED MAR. 6,1913.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

/%llv/ @Mii/kwamen l" am@ vegen/2 C. LEAK.

SHOUKER ATTACHMENT FOR. BINDBRS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. G, 1913.

Ll ,4496, v Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

SHBETS-SHEET 6.

'2 f snow .the collar 1.17,."siiid' bracket having rated horizonelly extending' lugs through which Workvertically an angled rod 26,` the upper angled end portion of whiclipro-` jects over the collar'24 andis adapted to be .enga ed by the beveled. e es of the teeth 25. t Ywill therefore b'efo vious that "said rod will be lifted by said teeth twice upon each rotation of the shaft 1 2.. The lower end of saidrod carries 4an outwardly 'extending' pin 22 which pinisadapted to restupon the upper angled end portion ofa tripping lever 29, said ever being pivotally connected' to the frame 2as indicated at 30.

The door 3 consists of two sections fixed on rotatable rods '85, which carrybell cranks 32p Toothed segments 3l are pivotally mounted on stubl shafts85car- '1 gather. 25'

ried by the end of the frame 2. Locking rods 33 connect the segments 31 respectively to the bell 'cranks 32 and as the segments 31 mesh with each other both the leaf sections ofthe shocker floor will move/ta- One of the toothed segments.: 31 carries 'a locking arm 34, which .arm ex-v tends through aJ suitable slot 2., produced in one of the side members 2 of the frame and the outer end portion of the arm 34 is provided with a.- lug 34 which normally engages the outer side of the-frame and prevents inward movement of the arm 34. Thev extreme outer end portion of the arm 34 passes transversely across the lower. end

portion of .glie tripping lever29, and is` engaged by said lever. Coilsprings 35 are secured to the ends of the bell cranks 32, opposite the ends to which the rods 33 'are pivoted, said splrings being of. suilicient strength to lift vt also yieldingly resistin opening movement of said sections. It wi l be obvious that by reason of the inteiineshing teeth vof the seg'- .ments 31 the door sections cannot fall until the arml 3-thas been released by the lever 29 lifting its outer end VVso that the lug, 34*

will clear the slot 2b.

Referring more especially to iFig; 5, it

. will be noted-that the shaft l2 carriesadjacent its upper end a gear wheel 36. Adjacent and parallel to said shaft is a shaft 36a, said shaft being journaled in bearings formed at the upper ends of the braces l5 H tion of Which is shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 3*.

V'said e e 46,'said twine running stop 52rdapted to e lioor sections into closed position, after the dropping of the shock, and' 'lheinilembers of the needle 'arm diverge frein each other and are angled down- "Wardly' over the sides 5 of the shocker box,

being connected to the needle at almost 90 degrees apart, The outerlcurved face of the needle is provided .with loops 4,5,l and. the point of theneedle is rovided with an oblong boreor` eye 46, an 47 runs through the loops 45 and through from a twine x 48, carried by the side 5 of the shocker. in Fig. 7 comprisesa vertically arranged V-shaped brace or bracket provided at its upper and lower 'ends with curvedhorizontally arranged ar .i 49* adapted to a suitable twine A bundle rest 49 shown complete partlyv encircle the shockl4 The lower of these arms is of greater llength than the up er one, being intended to partly inclose an form `the lower end of the shock while ethenp er arm embraces the shock midway y itsen s..

Extending forwardl loosely throuf'h an opening 53 `in the front end vof thegside 5 of the shocker box,.being 'of the'rackfrom' assing throu Referring tov ige-.2 and.

noted that the frame. suitable from the freine. 50Iis/a rack.rod 51 w ichworks provideint its extreme end 'with asuitlble preventvthe outer and the eide 5. it`wi1l`be' braces 54 which form a suppr'tfdl'gfh bar.. 4A suitable hangerojlg-hung' onge shaft 5e, the. ends o@ ,wuiciifm ionmbd. in' the up er ends .of the'l 54,' md 'the bar 51 s 'dably reste in 'sind sprocket wheel 57 is Hiredupon 'the sheft 56 and a spxrocket chain 58 runs from seid sprocket w eel over a; sprocket wheel '59 loosely mounted Vupon the shaft 10. On the shaft. 56 is also fmed a wheel Qy-which meshes vwith the rack b 1. The sprocket wheel f 59 carries a clutchine'mber 61 the teeth of which are adapted to be foroed'into.

ment with` the pins 81 carried b tendina into engagement with said' pins, and asuitable shoe and' connectf oove 639 enga the shift 10. 1 A spring 62 hormnlly. to force said clutc ing rod 63 engages an annular formed -upon the clutch 61'an normally holds the same out of .engagementwith the pins 61. with the rod 34,.

As will hereafter appear theoperation of all of the yabove mentioned parts degmds upon` the o eration of theclut'ches 1 and 20 previous referred to;

llo The clutchrod 63. is-eonnected-.

To deliver the bundles tothe I. employ suitable bundle carriers which... consist of parallel pivoted bars 64, 'seid extending rearwardly from the reni-endl of the open frame 2. Each of' these bars carries two inwardly extendingA arms 6.5i'

the arms of 'one` bar overlapping those o the other. Each'arm is hin ed as'shown et 66, vadapting it to swing m a horizontal plane, and as shown at 67 is adapted to swing in a1 Vertical plane and the bars 64 are also adapted to swing in a vertical plane, the arms 65 swinging at right angles to the movement permitted to bars 64. If the arms G5 .were rigid as the completed shock passed out of the shocker it would catch upon said arms and turn over, but this is avoided by use of the hinges 66 which allow the Iarms to loe forced backward and upward by theshoc-k. The hinges 67 allow one pair of arms 65 to `pass a succeeding bundle that is being delivered by the other pair of arms V65. To operatethe bundle carriers and-other parts above referred to I provideupon the harvester foot pedals A; fB-and- C.

neferringa rig. is, in which @se of fad i i foot pedals is illustrated, it Will'be noted 20 that it cons-ists of a bell crank 68, one arm of which is adaptedto be depressed by the foot and to the other arm is pivotally `connected a suitableconnecting rod. Theserods are shown at 1),E, and F and are connected respectively to the lifoot pedals A, B and C. Arranged in alinement With the foot pedals and alsoupon the harvester frame are'disks 69, one of which is shown in AFig. lil. This disk is provided with diverginvarms 70 and 7l, and in said ligure `l'- have s iown theA arm 70 pivotally connected "to xtheconnecting rod D. The arms/70 of the otherdislrs are pivotally yconnected to the rods E and F. It Will .be understood that these rods may be`fo11ned ofsuitable pieces olf Wire, aswell as small latlora-ss. Running from the re-V spective arms 7.1 of the disks 69neconnect'- 'ing Wires D', E and F.

' Connecting wire E runs to 'a bell 'crank 72 Which'is connected by a wire 73y with an angled lever 7e .secured upon the pivot of the arm 64 adjacent the harvester frame 1. The Wire Fis connected-to one member of i l a bell crank 75to the other arm of 'which is secureda Wire running toa bell crank 7 7 f u upon the outer side of the frame 2 and the Wire 78fruns from the bell crank 77 to a lever 79 mounted upon the pivot pin of the /outer bar 64.. The c nnectingr Wire D which is connected throngA the Wire D to the foot pedal A runs to a bellcrank 80, to which is connected a Wire 8l runningio a bell crank 82 from which runs a Wire 83, and as n'fill be seen from Fig. 2 the Wire 83 is secured to a depending linger Sl carried `by the pivoted link 23 and it will therefore be obvious that `depression of tliefoot pedal A will draw down said link 23 through the connections just described and will force the member 20I into engagement with the coperatingmem! loer 19. y

It will be obvious that in the construction involving as many various parts as a device of this kind there are necessarily a number of details the exact construction of which are of minor'importance. Various changes i can therefore bev made in the lnaunero'l lo` `eating and securing the variousA parts, Witllout in any way changing theoperation oiI the `machine or departing from my invena:

ton.` The tloorsections 3 for example are. shown as being mounted upon rotatable rods y 8.5,wh'ich rods pass through an endof the frame 2 and extend across an end extension 2 of the frame 2, the said extension forming v a boxdke member Within which the operating rods 33 and 34 and connected lparts are arranged. rigidly fixed upon 'rods 85a. `It is of course obvious that said rods could he cut oli' and e this extension omittedif it was desired to lighten or cheapen the construction. lhave also provided braces S6 whichrun from Itvvo of the brace rods 40 to opposite sides of the fbraclr'et 54e, thereby laterally bracing said fbracket. It Will oi' course' be obvious that The bell cranks 32 areol course the braces may be placed anywhere in thc@- `structure that it may be found necessary or Y convenient to locate them."r Alt, will also be V 1 Inoted that in Fig. 1 the construction has` been shown in a more lor less diagrammatic y manner for the purpose oi' enabling the connection between the various parte .to belg traced, and consequently in said figure a". :large number of parts have been oinittedw and other parts so placed and arranged as to most clearly show the manner of. operation.

As has been previously stated depression. of the foot lever A will draw the clutch 20 downwardly `into engagement with the clutch 19, thus locking the vertical shaEtl-2 the angled rod 26T` The downward move-1' i nient of thetripping lever 3D will rock said.

lever `upon its pivot pin 3() thereby lifting upwardly the outer end of the rod ill airlreleasing the` lug from engagement Withthe `side of the traine 2, thereby permitting rA the weight of the shoclto force the door sectionsV open, the segments 31 being new' free to rotate upon the rods 85, this dorm# Ward movement y oi the licor section ot course stretching the springs 'Asthe hell cranks 32 are rigidly secured to the rods the downward. movementol' the floor sections will of course be accompanied 'liv of the segments 31,.'longitudinal increment inwardly of the rods 33, and an irnvaf-dl movement of the locking arm` 3st. This last mentioned movement carries with it the rod the rocking of said cranks, partial rotatirni y -63 .which forces the clutch 61 into en ga ementof the clutch members: 19. and 20- an the needle movement is Amuch more rapid than the movements of the parts. immediately above described, especia 1y as the springs 35 resistthedroppingof the floor sections and furthermore it will be noted' from Fig. 2 that there is a slight downwardl motion of the rack bar 51 of the bundle rest, and the bundle rest therefore not only compresses the shock -but by reason of the; sli ht inclinationA of the rack bar 51 exerts a ownward pressure u n it, such pressure increasing as the shoc becomes compact. Owing to the fact therefore that the movement of the various parts'employed for the purpose of permitting the shock to drop are more or less retardedand are omparatively slow as compared with the quick action of ,the needle the shock is'tied before the door l sections have opened tola suieient extent 'to permit the shockto drop. v

The bundlecarrier arms M and' are op- -erated independently of the other parts, and are also ca able of operation independently of each ot 1er, their movements being controlledby 'the'foot levers B and C as shown diagrammat'ically in Fig. 1 and through the connections reviouslytraeed out. It will be obvious t erefore that while all of the operation' of assembling the bundles into the shock, tying and dropping the shock are .under direct control of the operator a portion of the Work is performed automatically thus relieving the operatorv of a considerable portion of the work.

What I claim is: v j l. A shocker adapted to be supported from oneside of, a harvester, said shocker y domprising. a sectional hinged floor, a shock engaging member adapted to move longitu dinally along said floor, bundlefcarriers pivotallyA mountedat the forward: end of said flooring, said carriers comprising sectional arms hinged to swmg' in two differentV dircctions, and vester for swinging'said bimdle-carriers andin' motion. y

' 2'. Inayshocker adapted take-attached 'to a harvester, a shock 'engaging device com` vprising semi-circular members anda rack bar, a cog wheel meshing with said rack bar, a drive mechanism. including a clutch, means. operatedl from the harvester for throwing said clutch to operative position, a bindingmechanism controlled by' movement of said clutch, a second clutch controlling rotation'of the said cog wheel, a

eans o erated from thec har-,

also for 'setting the shock engaging member ltrip'pin'g devergregulating n'ovement of the -s'econdmentioned clutch, and a pin carried` by'a portion' o f the first mentioned clutch mechanism and adapted to engage said tripping leiter,- and means for throwing the first mentionedfclutch out of gear at" a predetermined time. y.

3. Awdevice ofthe kind describedcomprising ,a-shocker having a sectional hinged floorV normally locked in horizontal position, hingedbundle carrying arms, a, movable shock engaging member, and a bundle tying device comprising a curved needle, af. drive shaft, a movable clutch member there fon, means for throwing said clutch intooperative position, said means being-.carried upon the harvester, and means or automatically throwing said clutch into inoperative position. upon a partial rotation-of the "drive shaft, and means whereby movement of said clutch into Aoperative position urii locks said flooring, imparts movement to said. needle, and also moves the shock enigiig member, as and for the purpose set' rt L- 90 4. A' device of the kind described comprising a shocker 'having a sectional hinged floor, rods pivotally mounted to swing in a vertical plane above said floor, overlappin arms4 carried by said rods, ,each o arms being formed of two sections hinged to swing at right angles' to each other, meansA inountedupon a harvester for swinging said rods independently of each other, a' shock "engaging member adapted to 'traverse said 10u floor toward and-away from said arms, and

means for controlling movement of said l member.v i

5. A device of the kind described vcomprising a shocker frame, a hinged floor carried by said frame, means for locking said floor against downward movement, means for delivering bundles to said licor, a shock v engaging member, acurved needle, said needle having a plurality ofv e es, formed upon its outerl curved face, an having an oblique eye formed adjacentv its point, a twine running through said eyes and com'- monA means for imparting a swinging motion to said needle, a horizontal movement to said shock engaging vmember and releasingfsaid floor sections' and means for auto' matically returning saidv parts to normal position. f v 6. In la deviceof vthe kind described, a120 shocker frame, a rotatable shaft, a'supporting wheel fixed upon said shaft, a bevel gear wheel ixcd thereon, a vertical shaft, abevelf gear wheel upon the vertical shaft, said gear wheel meshing with the first mentioned '126 gear', a -clutch, one member of which is secured to the last mentioned' gear, andthe other member of which is keyed tothe vertical shaft, a sectionalhin ed flooring the floor sections being mounte upon rotatable 

